Jakarta – Experts have urged hospitals to better manage the admission of patients, arguing that most of them were overwhelmed by the constant increase in COVID-19 cases.

Jakarta – The Jakarta and Central Java administrations have encouraged residents to stay home for New Year's Eve.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government announced Wednesday it has included hardline group Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, into the list of proscribed organizations, citing links to terror

Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has warned of another COVID-19 case spike following the Christmas and New Year holiday period.

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Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) service personnel who commit immoral acts with the same sex or homosexuals shall be subject to a maximum sentence of 28 months in prison and dismissa

John Thomas Didymus – Indonesian singer and actress Gisella "Gisel" Anastasia has been charged under the country's anti-pornography law after a 19-second intimate video of her was leake

Jakarta – The government has decided to ban controversial hardline group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and its activities, saying that it has no legal grounds to operate as a civil or

Jakarta – The secretary general of the Agrarian Land Consortium (KPA), Dewi Kartika, has called in a pledge by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who said during the 2019 presidential e

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – While the Health Ministry has been given a fresh start ahead of the New Year with a new leader at its helm, concerns over the efficacy of preordered COVID-19

Tangguh Chairil and Aisha R. Kusumasomantri – In October, news broke about Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who were dismissed for being a part of the LGBTQ community.

Jakarta – As the government has allowed schools to reopen in January, the National Child Protection Commission (KPAI) conducted a survey to learn about the student's point of view on th

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has revealed that cases of violence against journalists had increased to an all-time high in 2020, with most cases related to int

Jakarta – The Central Java and Yogyakarta provincial administrations are currently mulling over closing down tourist sites in their areas during the year-end holidays to prevent the spr

Jakarta – Orders have started rolling in after the Indonesian government approved the distribution of a COVID-19 detector developed at a local university, the GeNose.

Randy Mulyanto, Jakarta, Indonesia – Timor-Leste, formerly known as East Timor, has a creaky healthcare system and is one of the poorest countries in Asia, but even as neighbouring Indo

International travelers packed the Soekarno-Hatta Airport yesterday, several viral social media posts have shown, which was said to be the result of last-minute policy changes to intern

It has become evident that the law couldn't move on from what is arguably the Indonesia's biggest sex scandal of the year after the Jakarta Metro Police today named singer/actress Gisel

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will distribute coronavirus vaccine to 181 million of the country's 270 million population starting next

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) aims to complete its independent probe into the deaths of six members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in January.

Medan – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has warned health workers nationwide to remain cautious with regard to the surge in COVID-19 transmission in the nation, as the number o

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has conducted a study of the risks of COVID-19 mortality based on age and comorbidities.

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Chairperson Abdul Manan says that there were many cases of violence against journalists in 2020.

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti says that the government's plan to upgrade the activities of

Heru Andriyanto, Herman, Jakarta – The Indonesian government obliges any foreign visitor to produce a negative coronavirus test result in the country of origin and spend five days in qu

Jakarta – Pondok Ranggon Public Cemetery, a burial ground in East Jakarta, the city administration reserve for Covid-19 victims, has run out of space for new burials as the capital stay

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Recently installed Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has pledged to focus on reviving the pandemic-stricken tourism industry next y

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has allowed bodies of COVID-19 patients to be buried outside of dedicated graveyards.

Jakarta – Experts have urged the government to implement stricter social restrictions to curb COVID-19 transmission as fatality and positivity rates continue to spike.

Jakarta – Competition in Indonesia's heavy equipment market, which has already been hit hard by depressed mineral prices and investment during the COVID-19 pandemic, will become much fi

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo reignited an old debate in June when he sent a letter to his Austrian counterpart Klaudia Tanner on the possibilities of buying 15

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesia is closing its borders to foreign travelers from all around the world for the first two weeks of 2021, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi announced on Mon

Jakarta – Hospitals nationwide are being urged to increase their bed capacity in anticipation of a possible COVID-19 case surge following the year-end holidays.

Military Police have named nine soldiers suspects in a case pertaining to the killing of two Hitadipa villagers in Intan Jaya regency, Papua.

Hans Nicholas Jong – As global demand for edible oil keeps growing, palm oil has enjoyed unprecedented growth both in consumption and production.

On Christmas Eve, the body of Catholic seminarian Zhage Sil, was found in a ditch in Jayapura, in the Indonesian province of Papua.

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Jakarta – National Police (Polri) Traffic Corps head Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – While most people can't wait to start a new year and leave this tough year behind, an epidemiologist has warned of a possible surge in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia at the begin

Dina Manafe, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Government data reveal on Monday that hospital capacity in seven provinces has reached a critical level amid surging coronavirus cases.

Jakarta – Christians across Indonesia celebrated a quiet Christmas amid the COVID-19 pandemic this year, with many churches limiting physical participation in Christmas services and oth

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is urging the Attorney General and the Judge Advocate General to immediately to push for the shooting case

After 18 years on the run, the Indonesian leader who orchestrated the Bali bombings has bared the inner workings of the terrorist organisation, revealing that charity boxes in food stal

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – When Indonesian Elen Retno Bunga Anggraeny moved to Singapore in 2017 to become a domestic helper, she had to work for six months without salary to pay off $3

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has drawn up a list of preventive measures following a new coronavirus variant that was discovered in the United Kingdom, says national COVID-19 task

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Antara, Jakarta – Law No. 11 of 2020 on job creation will guarantee that laid-off workers receive their severance pay, according to the Center of Reform on Economic (CORE).

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic situation is expected to improve soon, as the government is preparing a number of recovery plans, Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartanto has sa

Jakarta – The Health Ministry has approved a locally made COVID-19 detector called GeNose for distribution.

Jakarta – State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) has opened a COVID-19 test service for the general public at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport's Terminal 1 health c